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NCT Number: NCT06410560

Culture is Care: Training Workshop for Care Workers (VerbaCurant)

The study aims to measure the empathic capacity of healthcare professionals belonging to the Alessandria Hospital, by applying validated measuring instruments, before and after a specific training intervention. The secondary objective is to assess how the training initiative impacts on subjects with a different attitude towards cultural participation.

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Key information

Conditions

Empathy Behavior Personal Satisfaction Psychological Well-Being Well-Being, Psychological

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Azienda Ospedaliera SS Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo

Alessandria, Piedmont, 15121, Italy

About this study

The aim of this project is to identify how a medical humanities intervention can act on the empathic capacity of carers through culture. One of the aims is to introduce an additional element to overcome the problems about language, prejudices, legitimisation by stakeholders who do not yet recognise the value and importance of projects promoting the relationship between culture, wellbeing and health. "Verba Curant" is aimed at generating cultural value, with the hope that it can unite the different professional fields involved and become the heritage of the community.

The project of the Alessandria Hospital Centre in collaboration with the Holden School intends to launch a series of actions aimed at promoting the beneficial impact of culture, in particular storytelling, on the caregivers and patients of the Alessandria Hospital in order to measure how much cultural enjoyment can impact on health literacy. It is planned to define a methodological tool useful for making care workers aware of the importance of culture and dialogue with patients, as well as being able to measure their degree of literacy. The tool will be the object of a widespread training action on care workers, which will also involve all the stakeholders involved in the transmission of health information to patients.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Health professionals related to the Alessandria Hospital

Exclusion criteria

  • none

Treatment and study plan

Training about storytelling and creative writing: 12 hours

Other

Participants in training courses on creative writing and storytelling.

Training only about theoretical narrative medicine: 4 hours

Other

Participants in training courses on only theoretical narrative medicine.

Primary outcomes

  1. Empatic capacity

    Time frame: Before the intervention (Baseline/T0) and immediately after the intervention (Final/T1)

    Assessment of the empathic capacity of health workers through the Jefferson of Empathy scale in two groups (treated and controls).

  2. Wellbeing

    Time frame: Before the intervention (Baseline/T0) and immediately after the intervention (Final/T1)

    Assessment of the wellbeing level of health workers through the PGWBI questionnaire in two groups (treated and controls).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Azienda Ospedaliera SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo di Alessandria

Other

Collaborators

  • Compagnia di San Paolo
  • Scuola Holden Contemporary Humanities

Registry information

Official study title

"Culture is Care: Training Workshop for Care Workers" Study

Acronym: VerbaCurant

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2022
First posted
May 13, 2024
Registry last updated
May 13, 2024

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